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Top 10 rankings regarding geriatrics cancer treatment decision-making in 4 domains (n=382)
| Not very important (①) | Somewhat important (②) | Very important (③) | Important (②＋③) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | ||||
| Patient’s quality of life | 0.5 | 33.0 | 66.5 | 99.5 | |||
| Cancer stage | 0.8 | 42.9 | 56.3 | 99.2 | |||
| Patient’s functional age | 1.6 | 30.1 | 68.3 | 98.4 | |||
| Nutritional status | 1.6 | 47.4 | 51.0 | 98.4 | |||
| Ability to live independently | 1.6 | 50.5 | 47.9 | 98.4 | |||
| Severity of cancer symptoms | 1.8 | 41.1 | 57.1 | 98.2 | |||
| Co-morbidity/medication overdose | 2.4 | 71.2 | 26.4 | 97.6 | |||
| Patient understanding | 2.4 | 55.2 | 42.4 | 97.6 | |||
| Side effects of cancer | 3.1 | 59.9 | 36.9 | 96.9 | |||
| Type of primary cancer | 3.4 | 50.3 | 46.3 | 96.6 | |||
| Difficulty in applying treatment | 3.4 | 54.2 | 42.4 | 96.6 |